Month: September 2024

Albert Einstein looking impressed in front of a chalkboard with normal distribution and math formulas, next to a computer screen showing PsyPack’s dynamic norms.

Understanding Norms in Psychological Testing

As a therapist, you’ve likely encountered cut-offs in various psychological assessments, such as the widely-used PHQ-9 Depression Severity scale. The PHQ-9 assigns scores of 0, 1, 2, and 3 to the response categories: “not at all,” “several days,” “more than half the days,” and “nearly every day,” respectively. This results in a total score ranging …

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